diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/artifactory/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/artifactory/index.ts
index 86fe6918b04b44..e66ffb4ebaac59 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/artifactory/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/artifactory/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export class ArtifactoryDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'merge';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the date-like text, next to the version hyperlink tag in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${datasource}`,
     key: ({ registryUrl, packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/index.ts
index 8c15677505b0aa..455e1d33bad46e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ export class AwsMachineImageDataSource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly caching = true;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `CreationDate` field in the results.';
+
   override readonly defaultConfig = {
     // Because AMIs don't follow any versioning scheme, we override commitMessageExtra to remove the 'v'
     commitMessageExtra: 'to {{{newVersion}}}',
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts
index 57149f7e74e77e..165336cce165b9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/bitbucket-tags/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ export class BitbucketTagsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   static readonly defaultRegistryUrls = ['https://bitbucket.org'];
 
+  static readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  static readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `date` field in the results.';
+  static readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  static readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   static readonly cacheNamespace: PackageCacheNamespace = `datasource-${BitbucketTagsDatasource.id}`;
 
   constructor() {
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/cdnjs/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/cdnjs/index.ts
index 6a142235e97fe3..daf17b6961b725 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/cdnjs/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/cdnjs/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export class CdnJsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultRegistryUrls = ['https://api.cdnjs.com/'];
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `repository` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${CdnJsDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => packageName.split('/')[0],
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/conan/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/conan/index.ts
index c4a7179b781ae6..2a82502dc00790 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/conan/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/conan/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export class ConanDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   githubHttp: GithubHttp;
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is supported only if the package is served from the Artifactory servers. In which case we determine it from the `properties[conan.package.url]` field in the results.';
+
   constructor(id = ConanDatasource.id) {
     super(id);
     this.githubHttp = new GithubHttp(id);
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/conda/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/conda/index.ts
index b32cd4de63748b..980eb8de9be103 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/conda/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/conda/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export class CondaDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly caching = true;
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `dev_url` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${datasource}`,
     key: ({ registryUrl, packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/cpan/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/cpan/index.ts
index ee8a808da54bf9..85436a1d925463 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/cpan/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/cpan/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ export class CpanDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = perlVersioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `date` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${CpanDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => `${packageName}`,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/crate/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/crate/index.ts
index 4f72d264eeb6f9..24ec9ce47e02c8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/crate/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/crate/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ export class CrateDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   static readonly CRATES_IO_API_BASE_URL = 'https://crates.io/api/v1/';
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `repository` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${CrateDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ registryUrl, packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/dart-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/dart-version/index.ts
index a3aa8c45687a51..23f95ccab89124 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/dart-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/dart-version/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export class DartVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   private readonly channels = ['stable', 'beta', 'dev'];
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk.';
+
   async getReleases({
     registryUrl,
   }: GetReleasesConfig): Promise<ReleaseResult | null> {
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/dart/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/dart/index.ts
index 30da6a53c23e5c..88e549cfeb8903 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/dart/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/dart/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ export class DartDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultRegistryUrls = ['https://pub.dartlang.org/'];
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `published` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `repository` field of the latest release object in the results.';
+
   async getReleases({
     packageName,
     registryUrl,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/datasource.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/datasource.ts
index 2d88417201d244..fce559644110b4 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/datasource.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/datasource.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
   GetReleasesConfig,
   RegistryStrategy,
   ReleaseResult,
+  SourceUrlSupport,
 } from './types';
 
 export abstract class Datasource implements DatasourceApi {
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ export abstract class Datasource implements DatasourceApi {
 
   registryStrategy: RegistryStrategy | undefined = 'first';
 
+  releaseTimestampSupport = false;
+  releaseTimestampNote?: string | undefined;
+
+  sourceUrlSupport: SourceUrlSupport = 'none';
+  sourceUrlNote?: string | undefined;
+
   protected http: Http;
 
   abstract getReleases(
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/deno/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/deno/index.ts
index 425cf975c065f7..e396c3b7d8a8b4 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/deno/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/deno/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ export class DenoDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultRegistryUrls = ['https://apiland.deno.dev'];
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `uploaded_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'release';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `repository` field in the results.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(DenoDatasource.id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/docker/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/docker/index.ts
index a62192581aa4ec..c0266ac7a09a03 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/docker/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/docker/index.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ export class DockerDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultConfig = defaultConfig;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `tag_last_pushed` field in thre results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `org.opencontainers.image.source` and `org.label-schema.vcs-url` labels present in the metadata of the **latest stable** image found on the Docker registry.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(DockerDatasource.id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/dotnet-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/dotnet-version/index.ts
index c7051630d6223c..f5a799dc5f123f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/dotnet-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/dotnet-version/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ export class DotnetVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
     'https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/release-metadata/releases-index.json',
   ];
 
+  override releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `release-date` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL https://github.com/dotnet/sdk for the `dotnet-sdk` package and, the https://github.com/dotnet/runtime URL for the `dotnet-runtime` package.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${DotnetVersionDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => packageName,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/endoflife-date/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/endoflife-date/index.ts
index 036a9f3e719635..630129d977ba99 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/endoflife-date/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/endoflife-date/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ export class EndoflifeDatePackagesource extends Datasource {
   override readonly caching = true;
   override readonly defaultVersioning = 'loose';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `releaseDate` field in the results.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(EndoflifeDatePackagesource.id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts
index bead276e7a3f48..46dd2ce47e8d44 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/flutter-version/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ export class FlutterVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = semverId;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `release_date` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/flutter/flutter.';
+
   async getReleases({
     registryUrl,
   }: GetReleasesConfig): Promise<ReleaseResult | null> {
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy-collection/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy-collection/index.ts
index 3fd7e63ace7b37..ec109bc450a7a5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy-collection/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy-collection/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ export class GalaxyCollectionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = pep440Versioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `created_at` field in the results.';
+  // sourceUrl is returned in each release as well as the ReleaseResult
+  // the one present in release result is the sourceUrl of the latest release
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'release';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The `sourceUrl` is determined from the `repository` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${GalaxyCollectionDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => packageName,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy/index.ts
index 698d9ede78f73c..64e0412f51cc2b 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/galaxy/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ export class GalaxyDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = pep440Versioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `created` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `github_user` and `github_repo` fields in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: 'datasource-galaxy',
     key: (getReleasesConfig: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/git-refs/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/git-refs/index.ts
index b4543c164926b7..a5271f9e02c68a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/git-refs/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/git-refs/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export class GitRefsDatasource extends GitDatasource {
 
   override readonly customRegistrySupport = false;
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${GitRefsDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => packageName,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/git-tags/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/git-tags/index.ts
index 09f084d09b345e..d5300c7ba4ba63 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/git-tags/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/git-tags/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ export class GitTagsDatasource extends GitDatasource {
   }
 
   override readonly customRegistrySupport = false;
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
 
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${GitTagsDatasource.id}`,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-releases/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-releases/index.ts
index 66d41f61c11ca9..a2febc4d922b28 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-releases/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-releases/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ export class GiteaReleasesDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   private static readonly cacheNamespace: PackageCacheNamespace = `datasource-${GiteaReleasesDatasource.id}`;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `published_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(GiteaReleasesDatasource.id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-tags/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-tags/index.ts
index d177a50f560e41..fb893b0c33c59a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-tags/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/gitea-tags/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ export class GiteaTagsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   private static readonly cacheNamespace: PackageCacheNamespace = `datasource-${GiteaTagsDatasource.id}`;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `created` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(GiteaTagsDatasource.id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/github-release-attachments/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/github-release-attachments/index.ts
index d79242124e5acb..da41d74df40512 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/github-release-attachments/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/github-release-attachments/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ export class GithubReleaseAttachmentsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override http: GithubHttp;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  // Note: not sure
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `releaseTimestamp` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(GithubReleaseAttachmentsDatasource.id);
     this.http = new GithubHttp(GithubReleaseAttachmentsDatasource.id);
@@ -222,7 +230,7 @@ export class GithubReleaseAttachmentsDatasource extends Datasource {
   }
 
   /**
-   * This function can be used to fetch releases with a customisable versioning
+   * This function can be used to fetch releases with a customizable versioning
    * (e.g. semver) and with releases.
    *
    * This function will:
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/github-releases/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/github-releases/index.ts
index b13d0e15000eed..1963f34f4089bd 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/github-releases/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/github-releases/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ export class GithubReleasesDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override http: GithubHttp;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  // Note: not sure
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `releaseTimestamp` field from the response.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(GithubReleasesDatasource.id);
     this.http = new GithubHttp(GithubReleasesDatasource.id);
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/github-runners/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/github-runners/index.ts
index 9cf3722dc3b430..d77eda75b178f3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/github-runners/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/github-runners/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import type { GetReleasesConfig, Release, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
 export class GithubRunnersDatasource extends Datasource {
   static readonly id = 'github-runners';
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/actions/runner-images.';
+
   /**
    * Only add stable runners to the datasource. See datasource readme for details.
    */
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/github-tags/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/github-tags/index.ts
index 328374cb91db5d..0fdca9b6b3020d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/github-tags/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/github-tags/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ export class GithubTagsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'hunt';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  // Note: not sure
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The get release timestamp is determined from the `releaseTimestamp` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   override http: GithubHttp;
 
   constructor() {
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts
index e30bc997a3e0c3..28d0483aae5069 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-packages/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export class GitlabPackagesDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override defaultRegistryUrls = ['https://gitlab.com'];
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `created_at` field in the results.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(datasource);
     this.http = new GitlabHttp(datasource);
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-releases/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-releases/index.ts
index a6458d35e02ff2..54ba562796a795 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-releases/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-releases/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ export class GitlabReleasesDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   static readonly registryStrategy = 'first';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `released_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(GitlabReleasesDatasource.id);
     this.http = new GitlabHttp(GitlabReleasesDatasource.id);
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-tags/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-tags/index.ts
index d1317c5f803569..247b4d5e69bfe8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-tags/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/gitlab-tags/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ export class GitlabTagsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   protected override http: GitlabHttp;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'To get release timestamp we use the `created_at` field from the response.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined by using the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(GitlabTagsDatasource.id);
     this.http = new GitlabHttp(GitlabTagsDatasource.id);
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts
index 15d87556c86140..a3abb57cf753b9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/go/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ export class GoDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly customRegistrySupport = false;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'If the release timestamp is not returned from the respective datasoure used to fetch the releases, then Renovate uses the `Time` field in the results instead.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `packageName` and `registryUrl`.';
+
   readonly goproxy = new GoProxyDatasource();
   readonly direct = new GoDirectDatasource();
 
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ export class GoDatasource extends Datasource {
    * go.getDigest
    *
    * This datasource resolves a go module URL into its source repository
-   *  and then fetches the digest it if it is on GitHub.
+   *  and then fetches the digest if it is on GitHub.
    *
    * This function will:
    *  - Determine the source URL for the module
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/golang-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/golang-version/index.ts
index 79e907f3418136..65e7d9b87b37c3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/golang-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/golang-version/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ export class GolangVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = semverVersioningId;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `Date` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/golang/go.';
+
   @cache({ namespace: `datasource-${GolangVersionDatasource.id}`, key: 'all' })
   async getReleases({
     registryUrl,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/gradle-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/gradle-version/index.ts
index 069b51f7190a77..bb6368e19803f1 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/gradle-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/gradle-version/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ export class GradleVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'merge';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `buildTime` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/gradle/gradle.';
+
   private static readonly buildTimeRegex = regEx(
     '^(\\d\\d\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)(\\d\\d)(\\+\\d\\d\\d\\d)$',
   );
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/helm/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/helm/index.ts
index ada0c21779c1b8..e5ccc32b5113d1 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/helm/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/helm/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ export class HelmDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = helmVersioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timstamp is determined from the `created` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `home` field or the `sources` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${HelmDatasource.id}`,
     key: (helmRepository: string) => helmRepository,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/hermit/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/hermit/index.ts
index 4db90e81b975ec..167c1544e64a2a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/hermit/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/hermit/index.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export class HermitDatasource extends Datasource {
     'https://github.com/cashapp/hermit-packages',
   ];
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'release';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `Repository` field in the results.';
+
   pathRegex: RegExp;
 
   constructor() {
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/hex/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/hex/index.ts
index e6ee7d927cc364..c21b87785402ee 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/hex/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/hex/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ export class HexDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = hexVersioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined the `inserted_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `Github` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${HexDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => packageName,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts
index 5d1f0a89ee1086..c841f26e9a38d4 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/hexpm-bob/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ export class HexpmBobDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = semverId;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `buildDate` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git for the `elixir` package and the https://github.com/erlang/otp.git URL for the `erlang` package.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${datasource}`,
     key: ({ registryUrl, packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/jenkins-plugins/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/jenkins-plugins/index.ts
index a19ead3bb18e33..28cbca46d5831d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/jenkins-plugins/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/jenkins-plugins/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ export class JenkinsPluginsDatasource extends Datasource {
   private static readonly packageInfoPath = 'current/update-center.actual.json';
   private static readonly packageVersionsPath = 'current/plugin-versions.json';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The releaseTimestamp is determined from the `releaseTimestamp` or `buildDate` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `scm` field in the results.';
+
   async getReleases({
     packageName,
     registryUrl,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.ts
index 259ce3e2ce573f..3232823257c48e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/maven/index.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ export class MavenDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy: RegistryStrategy = 'merge';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `Last-Modified` header or the `lastModified` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `scm` tags in the results.';
+
   constructor(id = MavenDatasource.id) {
     super(id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/node-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/node-version/index.ts
index 9e234bb68dc02c..c37c707c32cabf 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/node-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/node-version/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ export class NodeVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly caching = true;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `date` field.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${datasource}`,
     // TODO: types (#22198)
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/npm/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/npm/index.ts
index 84795f0f7bc14f..65a4df8c1b8d7a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/npm/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/npm/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ export class NpmDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = npmVersioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `time` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'release';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `repository` field in the results.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(NpmDatasource.id);
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/nuget/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/nuget/index.ts
index 7b18f7010095c9..1307901f72ef36 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/nuget/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/nuget/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ export class NugetDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'merge';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote = `
+  For the v2 API, the release timestamp is determined from the \`Publised\` tag and,
+  for the v3 API, the release timestamp is determined from the \`published\` field in the results.
+   `;
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote = `
+  For the v2 API, the source URL is determined from the \`ProjectUrl\` tag and,
+  for the v3 API, the source URL is determined from the \`metadata.repository@url\` field in the results.
+    `;
+
   readonly v2Api = new NugetV2Api();
 
   readonly v3Api = new NugetV3Api();
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/orb/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/orb/index.ts
index 98f0a2c7e8cdf4..2f2a1c20a711cd 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/orb/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/orb/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export class OrbDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultRegistryUrls = ['https://circleci.com/'];
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `createdAt` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${OrbDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName }: GetReleasesConfig) => packageName,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/packagist/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/packagist/index.ts
index 1c4d4719ae717e..f427929c1e3051 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/packagist/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/packagist/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ export class PackagistDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'hunt';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `time` field in the results.';
+  // Note: this can be changed to 'release', as the source is present in each release but we remove it while processing
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from `source` field in the results.';
+
   // We calculate auth at this datasource layer so that we can know whether it's safe to cache or not
   private static getHostOpts(url: string): HttpOptions {
     const { username, password } = hostRules.find({
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/puppet-forge/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/puppet-forge/index.ts
index fed7e182eca36e..f656f4d5faad79 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/puppet-forge/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/puppet-forge/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ export class PuppetForgeDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultRegistryUrls = [PUPPET_FORGE];
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `created_at` field from the response.';
+
   async getReleases({
     packageName,
     registryUrl,
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ export class PuppetForgeDatasource extends Datasource {
   ): ReleaseResult {
     const result: ReleaseResult = {
       releases,
+      // the homepage url in the fixtures is a github repo, we can use this as sourceUrl
       homepage: module.homepage_url,
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts
index dd87ed2f23490d..477525bdd48fa5 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/pypi/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ export class PypiDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'merge';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The relase timestamp is determined from the `upload_time` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'release';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `homepage` field if it is a github repository, else we use the `project_urls` field.';
+
   async getReleases({
     packageName,
     registryUrl,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/ruby-version/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/ruby-version/index.ts
index 60fae662e90a5c..7f2a2613c1d6f8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/ruby-version/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/ruby-version/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ export class RubyVersionDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = rubyVersioningId;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `release-list` table in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'We use the URL: https://github.com/ruby/ruby.';
+
   @cache({ namespace: `datasource-${RubyVersionDatasource.id}`, key: 'all' })
   async getReleases({
     registryUrl,
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/rubygems/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/rubygems/index.ts
index 58833d513b67dc..942bfd6395bc97 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/rubygems/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/rubygems/index.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ export class RubyGemsDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   private readonly versionsEndpointCache: VersionsEndpointCache;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `created_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'release';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `source_code_uri` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${RubyGemsDatasource.id}`,
     key: ({ packageName, registryUrl }: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts
index c0b83d6c950146..b714aae786c7b6 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export class SbtPackageDatasource extends MavenDatasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'hunt';
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `scm` tags in the results.';
+
   constructor(id = SbtPackageDatasource.id) {
     super(id);
     this.http = new Http('sbt');
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-plugin/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-plugin/index.ts
index 8fd574e56d227e..1d4c18a6ab039a 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-plugin/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-plugin/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export class SbtPluginDatasource extends SbtPackageDatasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = ivyVersioning.id;
 
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the `scm` tags in the results.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(SbtPluginDatasource.id);
     this.http = new Http('sbt');
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-module/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-module/index.ts
index fe89239f194926..4e3b25e4bfd3ec 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-module/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-module/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ export class TerraformModuleDatasource extends TerraformDatasource {
 
   override readonly defaultVersioning = hashicorpVersioning.id;
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is only supported for the latest version, and is determined from the `published_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the the `source` field in the results.';
+
   readonly extendedApiRegistryUrls = [
     'https://registry.terraform.io',
     'https://app.terraform.io',
@@ -32,7 +39,7 @@ export class TerraformModuleDatasource extends TerraformDatasource {
 
   /**
    * This function will fetch a package from the specified Terraform registry and return all semver versions.
-   *  - `sourceUrl` is supported of "source" field is set
+   *  - `sourceUrl` is supported if "source" field is set
    *  - `homepage` is set to the Terraform registry's page if it's on the official main registry
    */
   @cache({
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-provider/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-provider/index.ts
index d52a78198b1652..56c78a7522b68b 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-provider/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/terraform-provider/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ export class TerraformProviderDatasource extends TerraformDatasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'hunt';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is only supported for the latest version, and is determined from the `published_at` field in the results.';
+  override readonly sourceUrlSupport = 'package';
+  override readonly sourceUrlNote =
+    'The source URL is determined from the the `source` field in the results.';
+
   @cache({
     namespace: `datasource-${TerraformProviderDatasource.id}`,
     key: (getReleasesConfig: GetReleasesConfig) =>
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/types.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/types.ts
index 196d9335657da7..98f6279ebb2101 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/types.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/types.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export interface ReleaseResult {
 }
 
 export type RegistryStrategy = 'first' | 'hunt' | 'merge';
-
+export type SourceUrlSupport = 'package' | 'release' | 'none';
 export interface DatasourceApi extends ModuleApi {
   id: string;
   getDigest?(config: DigestConfig, newValue?: string): Promise<string | null>;
@@ -113,6 +113,24 @@ export interface DatasourceApi extends ModuleApi {
    */
   customRegistrySupport: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether release timestamp can be returned.
+   */
+  releaseTimestampSupport: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Notes on how release timestamp is determined.
+   */
+  releaseTimestampNote?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether sourceURL can be returned.
+   */
+  sourceUrlSupport: SourceUrlSupport;
+  /**
+   * Notes on how sourceURL is determined.
+   */
+  sourceUrlNote?: string;
+
   /**
    * Whether to perform caching in the datasource index/wrapper or not.
    * true: datasoure index wrapper should cache all results (based on registryUrl/packageName)
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/unity3d/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/unity3d/index.ts
index c07b9f66db2fee..24298d4a6c5e90 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/unity3d/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/unity3d/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export class Unity3dDatasource extends Datasource {
 
   override readonly registryStrategy = 'merge';
 
+  override readonly releaseTimestampSupport = true;
+  override readonly releaseTimestampNote =
+    'The release timestamp is determined from the `pubDate` tag in the results.';
+
   constructor() {
     super(Unity3dDatasource.id);
   }